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Criterion
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-180 min2-4 h30-90 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
12-100+2-63-202-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action BacklogPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
Root causeSafetyIncident
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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